Courses
A participative approach to teaching is followed which employs case studies, discussions, assignments, field visits, lectures, role-play, term papers, projects and quizzes as part of its pedagogy.
Courses aim to impart the following skills in the students.
Analytical and Managerial Skills
Application of Concepts to Managerial Problems
Synthesis and Perspective Building
Behavioural Skills
Technical Skills
Organisational Training
During Organisational Training (OT), students undertake projects for client organisations in various functional areas such as finance, project formulation, production, personnel managements, marketing, technical forestry, MIS, GIS, natural resource management, wasteland development, eco-development, extension, transfer of technology and many other areas related to the corporate and development sectors.
The organisational trainings provide students with an opportunity to:
Apply the concepts, techniques and skills learnt to real life situations.
Learn through on-the-job experience
Understand the functioning of different organisations.
Evaluation
The performance of the students is evaluated for both classroom and field based components. Classroom evaluation is based on performance in tests, quizzes, assignments, mid-term and end-term examinations. The integrated evaluation system, apart from setting minimum standards of students’ performance, also serves to provide a robust and reliable feed back system.
Recent News:
The University has its origin in erstwhile Himachal Agricultural College and Research Institute, Solan established in 1962 with its affiliation to Panjab University, Chandigarh. The College was raised to the status of Post-graduate College visitor medical insurance in 1965 when it introduced M.Sc.(Agriculture) programmes in some important subjects. With the establishment of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) in 1970, its affiliation changed to HPU and thereafter it became Agriculture Complex of HPU, Shimla in July, 1971.
Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, New Delhi is an autonomous, non profit making institution constituted as a public charitable trust for teaching, research and consultancy visitor medical insurance in the areas of ecology and environment. The Institute has the appropriate technology for the transfer of knowledge in the areas of ecology and environment in general and environmental engineering, impact assessment, pollution monitoring and control, systems analysis, wildlife conservation, environmental communication, ecological education and environmental laws in particular.